Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events


TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData

Species Hyppa contrasta - Hodges#9579

Hyppa contrasta Hyppa contrasta 1182 Hyppa contrasta 9579 - Hyppa contrasta Hyppa contrasta Hyppa contrasta Hyppa contrasta - Hodges#9579 - Hyppa contrasta - female Hyppa contrasta - Hodges#9579 - Hyppa contrasta - female 932665  Hyppa contrasta  9579 - Hyppa contrasta
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Xylenini
Subtribe Xylenina
Genus Hyppa
Species contrasta (Hyppa contrasta - Hodges#9579)
Hodges Number
9579
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hyppa contrasta McDunnough, 1946
Identification
Genitalia:
Print References
McDunnough, J. 1946. New North American Phalaenidae with notes (Lepidoptera) Canadian entomologist. 78(2): 28-35.
Troubridge, J.T. & J.D. Lafontaine, 2004. Revision of the genus Hyppa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with description of a new species. The Canadian Entomologist. 136: 299-311.